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obviously keeping the chemicals down out of the environment filtering down with the rain. last thing i heard about the fire at the fertilizer plant. it was smoldering. they felt more comfortable as time goes on and are feeling better about the fire there. there were still several fires from homes that were destroyed. those fires are smoldering as well. i can tell you there is nothing out of control there at this point. there's no fire out of control. there's no chemical escape from the fertilizer plant that's out of control. they are working to contain everything that they have in that area and are doing a fantastic job in very harsh circumstances in a very rough terrain as you can imagine. i've had several requests from many of you about trying to get into the area. i will tell you i don't know when or if that is going to happen. i will tell you that the folks that are on the ground securing that neighborhood have said there are unidentified people in the neighborhoods. there has been a small amount of looting to my understanding. we are securing that neighborhood as best
obviously keeping the chemicals down out of the environment filtering down with the rain. last thing i heard about the fire at the fertilizer plant. it was smoldering. they felt more comfortable as time goes on and are feeling better about the fire there. there were still several fires from homes that were destroyed. those fires are smoldering as well. i can tell you there is nothing out of control there at this point. there's no fire out of control. there's no chemical escape from the...
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custody in the post 9/11 environment the state department is characterized the same treatment as torture, abuse or cruel treatment with the techniques were employed by foreign governments. the cia recognized this in an internal review and acknowledged many of the interrogation techniques were inconsistent with the public policy positions the united states has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when they criticize another nation for engaging in torture and the unjustified same conduct under national security arguments. there are those that defend the techniques of waterboarding, stress positions and sleep deprivation because there was the office of legal counsel which issued a decision of proving of their use because they defined them as not being tortured. those opinions have since been repudiated by legal experts and even if its opinion it relies on a very legal definition of torture but also on factual representations about how the techniques of would be implemented that later proved inaccurate. this is an important context as to how
custody in the post 9/11 environment the state department is characterized the same treatment as torture, abuse or cruel treatment with the techniques were employed by foreign governments. the cia recognized this in an internal review and acknowledged many of the interrogation techniques were inconsistent with the public policy positions the united states has taken regarding human rights. the united states is understandably subject to criticism when they criticize another nation for engaging in...
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the president said we want to raise taxes on industry so we get less investment and therefore your environment the reciprocally. the third thing that and i think that i would assume that you believe and the president believes and we in the house believe we need a more aever accountable and efficient government. i bring a slide. the picture of jeff neely sitting in hot tub. jeff was a gse employee who hoisted million of taxpayer dollars on conferences. the person back on the payroll making just under $2,000. he got a bonus last year. i haven't seen anything the president's budget that creates a smaller more considerable efficient government. we have a gao report here that identifies tens of dollars of dollar in duplication. i didn't see in the president's budget to take care of that. another area is the part of the stimulus the doa department of energy in a slush nawnd used to invest in things in the result of the organization through the investment. i would like to have an enhance risk to >> are we doubling down on more stimlis type of payment? why do we think it's going work better this time
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for the people around that environment to actually start feeling those irritation. with ammonia it's very prongs it is very quick really you you know it's just. not even a matter of minutes if the concentration is high enough you will register it in a few seconds so very much depends on the concentration i know those strong winds that are there will blow things around but in some ways a strong winds help to disperse the chemicals more quickly so you don't have a very high concentration for a long time. what would you say would become the environmental i mean could this become an environmental catastrophe in the long run. i think it's unlikely given the various chemicals that are used. there are methods available for all of these things the sounds of this the firefighters have managed to contain the blaze to the extent that a second tank containing liquid ammonia is not at risk so what you have in terms of problems around about are chemical sort a largely used in agriculture so i don't think it will cause a huge pollution problem and there you because you've got all
for the people around that environment to actually start feeling those irritation. with ammonia it's very prongs it is very quick really you you know it's just. not even a matter of minutes if the concentration is high enough you will register it in a few seconds so very much depends on the concentration i know those strong winds that are there will blow things around but in some ways a strong winds help to disperse the chemicals more quickly so you don't have a very high concentration for a...
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the not so indians they have long opposed the mighty liberations and its devastating effects on the environment when the nasi saw the first gold seekers start to arrive they began by asking these new intruders to leave they finally lost patience. one morning the indians besieged the miners camp yet. you call that generating work if you seen all this damage you can create employment by destroying the environment like this all this cyanide you think it's good for the earth so when. the protectors of mother earth on one side the gold seekers on the other a clash is inevitable. and set fire to it let it all. bring in more machines you'll see. in order to disperse the indians the excavator guards pull out their guns. luckily no one is injured. but by attacking a mining operation for the first time the naso indians are sending a clear message their sacred mountains are worth much more than all the gold in colombia. organic. ok going. i. wrote no way things are going the republican. better off in the state of. texas has got its own like. has got all the hall and gas and everything and. it's got all th
the not so indians they have long opposed the mighty liberations and its devastating effects on the environment when the nasi saw the first gold seekers start to arrive they began by asking these new intruders to leave they finally lost patience. one morning the indians besieged the miners camp yet. you call that generating work if you seen all this damage you can create employment by destroying the environment like this all this cyanide you think it's good for the earth so when. the protectors...
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what our expertise is in your regular story or environment in the u.s. right let's talk a little bit more about this is the somalia it doesn't pose any if there is anything in the will impose any risks and how can the the actual town prepare themselves in dealing with that those risks you mean how a person can deal with that risk yes you mentioned that there are side effects how can how how do you think the actual town will have to deal with those effects well what has happened has happened and you will have to deal with the immediate effects because that is what are more new and so immediate effects so it burns and it may destroy tissue the moment it is released in the air it is lighter than air so it will go up in the atmosphere so it will not stay around if it gets into the water by the rain or by the firefighter water to spread if it gets to into the water and gets diluted it will be used for plants you know this is an interest in fertilizer so it just broken up very quickly. we'll leave it right there thank you very much there that is dr riverside b
what our expertise is in your regular story or environment in the u.s. right let's talk a little bit more about this is the somalia it doesn't pose any if there is anything in the will impose any risks and how can the the actual town prepare themselves in dealing with that those risks you mean how a person can deal with that risk yes you mentioned that there are side effects how can how how do you think the actual town will have to deal with those effects well what has happened has happened and...
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obviously that is keeping the chemicals out of the environment. >> officials do not know how many people are dead or missing. at this point they are still saying 5- to 15-per have been killed and almost 200 injureed. search-and-rescue teams are going house-to-house certain. >> something ignited and there was a massive explosion. wee every ambulance we can get this way. several first responders, mostly volunteer firefighters, are among the ming. the blast was heard up to 45 miles away. >> get out of here. get out. >> it registered as a 2.1 earthquake. sharon's sister-in-law is in a nursing home near the plants the. >> she said a ceiling collapsed on her. she got to the hospital and they removed her covers she was covered with broken glass. >> portions of the town were completely wiped out with 100 homes and businesses in a five-block radius damageed. >> it is still not known exactly what caused the explosion but investigators are still treating this as a crime seen until they can determine if it was an industrial accident with the a.t.f. leading the investigation. >> tomorrow marks 20 yea
obviously that is keeping the chemicals out of the environment. >> officials do not know how many people are dead or missing. at this point they are still saying 5- to 15-per have been killed and almost 200 injureed. search-and-rescue teams are going house-to-house certain. >> something ignited and there was a massive explosion. wee every ambulance we can get this way. several first responders, mostly volunteer firefighters, are among the ming. the blast was heard up to 45 miles...
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i reckon cardiologist dr omar our claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr e.c. puts to data that the number of breast cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent and cases of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions of iraq it which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium rounds and other toxic gases and poisonous substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not racist and foreign soldiers in iraq are not immune usa today even published research results that found that depleted uranium was indeed in the lungs and other organs of navy vets who filed for health compensation claims yeah you know saddam hussein seen.
i reckon cardiologist dr omar our claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr e.c. puts to data that the number of breast cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent and cases of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three invasions...
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i think that is a really difficult that of the environment to make predictions. economic fundamentals are not really driving, i don't think, of the policy in the marketplace lou: well, with that in mind, the economy itself, we're talking about 23 million people still unemployed and underemployed. and a president who is spending more time on gun-control and immigration reform then the -- that creating jobs are really economic growth. now, there are a lot of criticism of this president, but the fact of the matter is, we're not seeing the kind of robust energy that we expect to see in a recovery. >> this was, in my view, the most is what the recovery in modern times, maybe in american history. we have 3 million less jobs than we had when the fed is a crisis started. ramming some growth and some kind of recovery, we have an incredibly resilient economy. highly of gennaro, and we should be doing better if. what is discouraging is that almost all is caused by poor government policy. we have consistently done the wrong thing off. lou: macroeconomics here, but of like to
i think that is a really difficult that of the environment to make predictions. economic fundamentals are not really driving, i don't think, of the policy in the marketplace lou: well, with that in mind, the economy itself, we're talking about 23 million people still unemployed and underemployed. and a president who is spending more time on gun-control and immigration reform then the -- that creating jobs are really economic growth. now, there are a lot of criticism of this president, but the...
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chemicals that they are working with the people in the towns surrounding it when it comes to a rural environment there's also grain elevator fires which can cause very deadly and large explosion as well with that's when the find dust of a grain elevator catches on fire and in that confined area causes a very devastating explosion as well so. the farming industry as it were whether it be chemicals from fertilizers or from grain elevators they're well aware that these potential risks are there and so the companies in the plants themselves there they know how to handle it from a very localized level and then from a statewide level as these hazmat teams come in they can assess the scene and then help manage things from the outside ok so it sounds pretty comprehensive and certainly from the footage we've seen the emergency response to what happened seems to be certainly. not lacking in resources and as you said they've drawn a lot of support from. now you from all around not just from you have the local response which they're the first firefighters on the scene but again if you look at these images y
chemicals that they are working with the people in the towns surrounding it when it comes to a rural environment there's also grain elevator fires which can cause very deadly and large explosion as well with that's when the find dust of a grain elevator catches on fire and in that confined area causes a very devastating explosion as well so. the farming industry as it were whether it be chemicals from fertilizers or from grain elevators they're well aware that these potential risks are there...
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the training of the scientist of canada inform us about the environment [inaudible] so increasingly the arctic corporation has become a fundamental pillar of our 21st century foreign policy. there's no disagreement about that in my country. the parliament passed last year anonymously a policy resolution which defined the icelandic objective in the arctic. so together with the other nordic countries we hope to play a constructive part and evidence of this was that few months ago one of our april servant was the first director general of the secretary of the arctic. >> several currency questions. the icelandic money is coming out of financial turmoil. what would you consider the future of the money? and are you considering any alternative currency for iceland ? >> i think it's a positive indication of how we have all dealt with the financial crisis. i can comment on the national press club only six minutes are left and i get that question. [laughter] of the financial issues. nobody would believe that for a five years ago. without in state of affairs we could perhaps come together again an
the training of the scientist of canada inform us about the environment [inaudible] so increasingly the arctic corporation has become a fundamental pillar of our 21st century foreign policy. there's no disagreement about that in my country. the parliament passed last year anonymously a policy resolution which defined the icelandic objective in the arctic. so together with the other nordic countries we hope to play a constructive part and evidence of this was that few months ago one of our april...
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he said the time has come to settle the resource claim in the arctic and take steps to address the environment degradation. the issues are polarizing. [laughter] but president grimson serve as iceland's finance minister. in 2008 he presided over iceland's near economic collapse. the country's unique response which included social and political reform and allowing the banks to pull pulled iceland back from the brink without the austerity measures. perhaps most challenging of all he raised twin girls. please hiv me give a warm national press club welcome back to president grimsson. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. for these words of welcome and thank you for hosting us at the national press club here today for a special occasion where i have privilege to announce the establishment of a new venue aimed at enhangs the dialogue on corporate issues. i know, sometimes here in washington, the arctic looks as if it is far away. perhapses in the minds of many, still the hidden part of the world as it was. in the beginning of the 20th century. where the knowledge of that the neigh
he said the time has come to settle the resource claim in the arctic and take steps to address the environment degradation. the issues are polarizing. [laughter] but president grimson serve as iceland's finance minister. in 2008 he presided over iceland's near economic collapse. the country's unique response which included social and political reform and allowing the banks to pull pulled iceland back from the brink without the austerity measures. perhaps most challenging of all he raised twin...
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and we've got to remember that clearing this regulatory environment, it helps that american family. it helps that american family when they're sitting around their dinner table and they're trying to make life work. again, real quick, week of got a few more minutes. i just want to remind, mr. speaker, tonight we are hoping to receive input from our constituents at #makinglifework . throughout our conversation tonight we've been hearing from folks who have been reminding us of issues that are important to them and i think this is, mr. speaker, a very unique opportunity to have this onversation. ms. herrera beutler: we thank the gentlelady from alabama for putting this special order together and for really care being all americans and about what's important to them, as you said, sitting around the kitchen tables, it's about making life work. and at the end of the day, that's what government ought to be doing. getting out of the way, off their backs, working for the people, not against them. mr. gardner: i hope that tonight's conversation will continue, that it's not just an hour before
and we've got to remember that clearing this regulatory environment, it helps that american family. it helps that american family when they're sitting around their dinner table and they're trying to make life work. again, real quick, week of got a few more minutes. i just want to remind, mr. speaker, tonight we are hoping to receive input from our constituents at #makinglifework . throughout our conversation tonight we've been hearing from folks who have been reminding us of issues that are...
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the best way in a school environment, in my view, is to confront that shooter with a traeupbt law enforcement -- trained law enforcement officer. the grassley amendment has money put back into the system that is president obama cut $300 million out of school safety at a time when i think that was very unwise. we restore that money. two months ago, maybe longer, there was a young woman at home in the atlanta suburbs with her two twin daughters. i believe they are twin daughters. there was a home invasion by someone who had just been released from jail. she took her children up into the closet on the second floor and hid in the closet, got on the cell phone call with her husband asking what to do. she grabbed the .38 revolver. the guy broke into the closet. she fired six times, hit him with the begun, hit him five of the six times and he was still able to drive away. in the hands of that mother, six shots were not enough. it wouldn't bother me one bit if she had 30 rounds. in the hands of a mentally unstable person or convicted felon, one bullet is one too many. that is why i'm going to oppose
the best way in a school environment, in my view, is to confront that shooter with a traeupbt law enforcement -- trained law enforcement officer. the grassley amendment has money put back into the system that is president obama cut $300 million out of school safety at a time when i think that was very unwise. we restore that money. two months ago, maybe longer, there was a young woman at home in the atlanta suburbs with her two twin daughters. i believe they are twin daughters. there was a home...
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gains go to investors in multinational trading companies and who will be at a disadvantage here are the environment human rights labor rights public health and for the financial regulation all those interests of civil society they will they will have a much lower priority then i'm going to have to cut you off their stance or share from the professional aerospace union. well maybe your mother told you to check the public toilet seat before you sit down but here's a new one for you make sure you check the bathroom for hidden cameras as well back on march twentieth a student at glen burnie high school in maryland found what looked like a camera inside of the bathroom the baltimore sun reported that a fourteen year veteran of the an original county police department installed the cameras in the men's room without notifying other police officials or the school yesterday and police announced that no criminal charges would be filed against the officer why because technically he broke no rules no criminal laws were broken when the officer placed the hidden camera in the bathroom police said the camera didn
gains go to investors in multinational trading companies and who will be at a disadvantage here are the environment human rights labor rights public health and for the financial regulation all those interests of civil society they will they will have a much lower priority then i'm going to have to cut you off their stance or share from the professional aerospace union. well maybe your mother told you to check the public toilet seat before you sit down but here's a new one for you make sure you...
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and this is happening in an environment where more new devices from apple will come out, more new devices from samsung will come out. still very tough for nokia. >> it does sound like it's very tough. so why do you say in your note, mark, it's been moving in the right direction. what is the right direction for them and is the right direction for the stock going to be up? >> i think the right direction for them is to accelerate the product development. i think one of the things that have worked for them in the past is their feature phone, their low-end devices that helped cushion the things as they deve that's actually started to erode for them. in terms of the stock, this is a company that is still in a negative revision period for their earnings. once again, we cut our target on nokia, once again, we're cutting our numbers on the estimates. but i think the view is, overall, the industry, if you look at the handset industry, the profits pool, we think, is actually starting to decrease. >> mark, that's not optimistic, but are we looking at nokia wrong? the smartphones, what we see as consu
and this is happening in an environment where more new devices from apple will come out, more new devices from samsung will come out. still very tough for nokia. >> it does sound like it's very tough. so why do you say in your note, mark, it's been moving in the right direction. what is the right direction for them and is the right direction for the stock going to be up? >> i think the right direction for them is to accelerate the product development. i think one of the things that...
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and and the huge fire that sort of raged after that but what are the possible implications for the environment and the danger is a toxic leak or toxic cloud. there's certainly what you're handling chemicals like this there is a possibility that there can be chemical contamination that could that would need to be cleaned up in the aftermath of the explosion so the undoubtedly be extensive monitoring of the areas around the plant in order to make sure that whatever chemicals have been spread around can be cleaned up to reduce future toxicity to the residents and presumably there's a big fear that these toxins could be airborne like they were and think ashima i mean what can you do to contain that. well obviously with the kinds of winds that blow and such big intense fires there will be airborne distribution oh my so there's nothing that can be done while the event is happening what will be done is is assessment and cleanup in the aftermath currently people are being evacuated because of the dangers to for further explosions for fire to spread and also for a spread around of some of the chemicals
and and the huge fire that sort of raged after that but what are the possible implications for the environment and the danger is a toxic leak or toxic cloud. there's certainly what you're handling chemicals like this there is a possibility that there can be chemical contamination that could that would need to be cleaned up in the aftermath of the explosion so the undoubtedly be extensive monitoring of the areas around the plant in order to make sure that whatever chemicals have been spread...
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and high speed race for right the government unleashes its force on pro-reform demonstrate his environment just ahead of the morning only one gram for a while activists try to make their voices heard against all the old. hello welcome good to have you company watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now venezuela's electoral body has announced an audit of the remaining votes demanded by the opposition leader only kick a pretty less this just hours before the swearing in of the country's president elect nicolas maduro the narrow victory over could be divided the country sparking large scale demonstrations well let's not get the latest from artie's tessa cilla he's in caracas this audit what exactly does it mean. you know well we see right after unseen election about sixty four percent of the machines have been audited so now the local council is offering is the maintaining forty six percent of voting machines that have not been audited will be audited to work for let's make a difference between an actual vote by vote count or manual voting this would also demand that the opposition have
and high speed race for right the government unleashes its force on pro-reform demonstrate his environment just ahead of the morning only one gram for a while activists try to make their voices heard against all the old. hello welcome good to have you company watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now venezuela's electoral body has announced an audit of the remaining votes demanded by the opposition leader only kick a pretty less this just hours before the swearing in of the country's...
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coming up today is earth day a day to celebrate worldwide efforts to protect the environment and to ensure the long term health of our planet after the break we'll talk about the true meaning of earth day during a time when our planet faces more challenges than ever before. could you take three. or three arrangement three. three. three. three. four your media projects three. i've. international and in the very heart of moscow. here's a question for you is billionaire charles koch running for president they hear me out on this according to a report of the new york times over the weekend koch industries headed up by charles koch and his brother david is looking to purchase the tribune company several newspapers across the country if you one of the biggest newspaper purchases in the country would include the los angeles times the fourth largest newspaper in the nation and the chicago tribune the ninth largest if you're familiar with how silvio berlusconi rose to power in italy he did it by purchasing most of the media in that country he basically held a media monopoly of t.v. print and radio
coming up today is earth day a day to celebrate worldwide efforts to protect the environment and to ensure the long term health of our planet after the break we'll talk about the true meaning of earth day during a time when our planet faces more challenges than ever before. could you take three. or three arrangement three. three. three. three. four your media projects three. i've. international and in the very heart of moscow. here's a question for you is billionaire charles koch running for...
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attempts if they do not take the responsibility of saving their lives and providing them a peaceful environment that will mean that they have only used those interpreters and left them in a position where today their life and their family's life or in danger because of working for the british forces r.t. got in touch with the foreign and commonwealth office who are responsible for the interpreters asylum claims this is the response we got. people who have put their life on the line for the united kingdom will not be abandoned the government has put processes in place to ensure the service given by former interpreters with him forces is taken fully into account if individuals apply for asylum in the u.k. . the keyword here is individual for the moment it's a case by case basis according to the foreign office to make sure the personal circumstances are recognised case by case the sign of claims can take months even years there's no accountability every other nato country that directly employed interpreters has offered them some kind of special program visa program asylum britain's the only countr
attempts if they do not take the responsibility of saving their lives and providing them a peaceful environment that will mean that they have only used those interpreters and left them in a position where today their life and their family's life or in danger because of working for the british forces r.t. got in touch with the foreign and commonwealth office who are responsible for the interpreters asylum claims this is the response we got. people who have put their life on the line for the...
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it is a very tense environment in terms of what's happening united states you have the boston bombings you have the rice in the letters that have gone to the president and to the senate as well as so everybody has in on a heightened alert you also have a very tenuous anniversary if you will this april nineteenth twenty years ago almost exactly to the waco disaster that happened in this exact same area and then also just a couple years after that you heard this first responder talking about the murray oklahoma building in oklahoma city that happened on april nineteenth one thousand nine hundred five so. very likely disasters happening at such an eerie time so all of this is going to be considered the white house in the obama administration has said that they are monitoring the situation through local contacts on the ground very carefully but i don't suspect you're going to hear much from them until the actual investigation takes place because it is a very tense situation as you mentioned and they don't want to add any more fuel to that fire they're going to be play this very close to be
it is a very tense environment in terms of what's happening united states you have the boston bombings you have the rice in the letters that have gone to the president and to the senate as well as so everybody has in on a heightened alert you also have a very tenuous anniversary if you will this april nineteenth twenty years ago almost exactly to the waco disaster that happened in this exact same area and then also just a couple years after that you heard this first responder talking about the...
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it is challenging in this fiscal environment. administrations 39 budget -- $39 million budget request. consistent with what congress appropriated in 2013 for the department before sequestration cuts were applied. the level of funding in this budget is lower than what congress appropriated in 2009. stepping back and thinking of the challenges that our country and this department has faced since 2009, times square bombing, hurricane sandy, the ever-changing and growing cyber threat, and of the boston attack, it is easy to become concerned with this budget request. we are facing extremely difficult budgetary times. sacrifices must be made. they may not receive all of the funding. and agencies in government must share in the sacrifice to some extent required during this deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. he is identified $1.3 billion in savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009. he continues to move from a risk-based approach and it effort to save more money. i'm happy to see this budget pro
it is challenging in this fiscal environment. administrations 39 budget -- $39 million budget request. consistent with what congress appropriated in 2013 for the department before sequestration cuts were applied. the level of funding in this budget is lower than what congress appropriated in 2009. stepping back and thinking of the challenges that our country and this department has faced since 2009, times square bombing, hurricane sandy, the ever-changing and growing cyber threat, and of the...
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state audit finds the state failed to collect as much as $22 million meant for causes ranging from the environment to veterans. the department of motor vehicles undercharged and famed to collect fees on inactive plates. a separate investigation last year found that money from a september 11th memorial plate was diverted to other use. >>> twitter launched a new music discovery app today. the app is called hashtag music. it suggests songs and music users may like. the songs are streamed through other subscription based services. it runs on the iphone. >>> back to our continuing coverage of the boston marathon bombings. surveillance videos and cell phones have become crucial. authorities already have another high-tech tool that may come in handy at future events. >> reporter: it is still working on a policy for purchasing and using unarmed drone. they cited the terror attack in boston as a reason to use the craft. >> if you had a different aerial perspective of that area, you could capture people coming and going. it'd be a very useful tool. >> reporter: the sheriff says he could see a use for the dr
state audit finds the state failed to collect as much as $22 million meant for causes ranging from the environment to veterans. the department of motor vehicles undercharged and famed to collect fees on inactive plates. a separate investigation last year found that money from a september 11th memorial plate was diverted to other use. >>> twitter launched a new music discovery app today. the app is called hashtag music. it suggests songs and music users may like. the songs are streamed...
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people of central india in what part of so i think you know we're living in a time when you know the environment and all these you know core concerns of the earth are being disregarded by very very greedy capitalist lobbies and the point is that the states are all being called upon to step in and save the societies and to play a protective rule and to regulate these industries better and i must say that you know what has happened texas you seem to magic of the larger issue of our economy where we are lost in the mornings in terms of how to regulated managed industries and unfortunately this is repeating itself after the b.p. oil spill which proved clearly that regulators were unable to rein in some of these are in sharks so is this the same case now happening with chemicals and before the lasers and and other other sectors in texas you have to wait and see but i think i think we are going to security lapse audit sort of figure of regulation no matter what the outcome and the word iggy's both of them show how we can the state structures have been in these new really countries like the united stat
people of central india in what part of so i think you know we're living in a time when you know the environment and all these you know core concerns of the earth are being disregarded by very very greedy capitalist lobbies and the point is that the states are all being called upon to step in and save the societies and to play a protective rule and to regulate these industries better and i must say that you know what has happened texas you seem to magic of the larger issue of our economy where...
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>> guest: banks have to be careful about who they share with so they are in and trusted environment within the isaf another industry groupings. certainly companies don't want to share competitive information with the antitrust issues. there are some restrictions bidirectionally between the government which has some classified information and financial institutions that there has to be a trust relationship included there are. there are some areas where the government cannot, simply cannot share information with the banks and the financial sector may not share information with the government with privacy concerns, civil liberties sharing financial information etc.. >> host: mr. dumont has there have been an attack on the air traffic control system that has stopped traffic? >> guest: no, actually not. but it's something we have to worry about. there are different levels of attacks in and there would be different reasons for attacks. there's there is a reason to bring down an aircraft which would be a terrorist type thing which as we were discussing in the other room, it's horrific and it's a
>> guest: banks have to be careful about who they share with so they are in and trusted environment within the isaf another industry groupings. certainly companies don't want to share competitive information with the antitrust issues. there are some restrictions bidirectionally between the government which has some classified information and financial institutions that there has to be a trust relationship included there are. there are some areas where the government cannot, simply cannot...
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problems among us humans in the world distracts us from the entity that we're all connected to the planet environment should not be politicized and it's up to all of us to speak up on behalf of the land because it can't speak for itself and without what nature provides and we have nothing don't go outside. the world around us let nature remind you why the earth is so important to protect and with that said have a good night. name . the new international airport in the very heart of moscow carried by stamped. three. regarding what the republic of texas was in eight hundred thirty six a number of people who had moved here from north america. at the invitation of the mexican government to settle here they were being chased out by a new president of mexico was also a general of the army's there. and they had to defend themselves against south and i was armies that lasted for about a year but finally general sam houston leading these volunteers defeated santa ana at a place called sandhya sento and in defeating the president and general of mexico they were able to force him to sign a treaty. the treaty fo
problems among us humans in the world distracts us from the entity that we're all connected to the planet environment should not be politicized and it's up to all of us to speak up on behalf of the land because it can't speak for itself and without what nature provides and we have nothing don't go outside. the world around us let nature remind you why the earth is so important to protect and with that said have a good night. name . the new international airport in the very heart of moscow...
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and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] for good. a new developmt is set to replace it. but as k-p-i-x 5's patrick sedillo shows us: for some "dome" supporters, the fight isn' >>> i iconic dome movie theater is closing its doors for good. for some supporters the fight is not over, yet. >> reporter: pleasant hills go to movie house since 1967 fades to black. dome is closing its doors for good. >> we lived out here for 35 years and coming here for 35 years. reporter: the development obtained a permit to demolish the theater and it has many locals fuming. they have until may 3rd to remove the seats, popcorn machines, projectors and screens, home to thousands of memories. >> i am sad. i think it is a tragedy. pleasant hill, this is a real cultural part, soul, character of the area. we really -- when they take this down there will be nothing else left. >> when people think of the dome they think of the history here. consider people's first dates. out here a couple of months ago and here is what people had to say about their experiences he
and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] for good. a new developmt is set to replace it. but as k-p-i-x 5's patrick sedillo shows us: for some "dome" supporters, the fight isn' >>> i iconic dome movie theater is closing its doors for good. for some supporters the fight is not over, yet. >> reporter: pleasant hills go to movie house since 1967 fades to black. dome is closing its doors for good. >> we lived out here for 35 years and coming here...
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z for cbs ne, >> that explosion also released chemicals from the plant into the environment and federal off the air quality in west, texas. >>> america is ontheir side. that is the message from president obama in boston as he pays tribute to victims and survivors of the marathon explosions. >> i'm here today on behalf of the american people with a simple message: every one of us has been touched by this attack on your beloved city. every one of us stands with you. because after all, it's our beloved city, too. >> the president acknowledged that it will be a feat to rebound from this tragedy but assures the country boston will run again. investigators are making progress on the case. a key piece of evidence is found in surveillance video that shows a possible suspect near the site of the second blast. cbs reporter adriana diaz on what else police are doing to zero in on that man. >> reporter: president obama delivered a rousing tribute to the victims of the bonnie boswell marathon bombings at the historic cathedral of the holy cross. >> we'll all be with you as you learn to stand, walk a
z for cbs ne, >> that explosion also released chemicals from the plant into the environment and federal off the air quality in west, texas. >>> america is ontheir side. that is the message from president obama in boston as he pays tribute to victims and survivors of the marathon explosions. >> i'm here today on behalf of the american people with a simple message: every one of us has been touched by this attack on your beloved city. every one of us stands with you. because...
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>> again, not to be a johnny one no, but in this environment, the one thing i would ask for is more latitude in how we take the cut to fit the money with the most important payoff is. with respect to the question you raised, it is an age-old one and intelligence. the approach or try to take in the last two years is try to protect and invest in capabilities that give us the most general coverage. that's why a very strong on sustaining our overhead reconnaissance capability because it covers the earth, denied area or not and similarly, even when times are then, human capability is extremely important. that's when the hu what dr. vickers are io brilliae as much as it is a reshaping, recastg he organization i started in 1992 caughhet t defense humanrvice. better integration with the fbi and the cia. more clandestine case officer's who are worth their weight in gold. the unique capability no one else can render. as they make reductions, we have to focus much much more on quality, quality of investment since are not going to have in numbers. >> one quick question that's come up a number of times.
>> again, not to be a johnny one no, but in this environment, the one thing i would ask for is more latitude in how we take the cut to fit the money with the most important payoff is. with respect to the question you raised, it is an age-old one and intelligence. the approach or try to take in the last two years is try to protect and invest in capabilities that give us the most general coverage. that's why a very strong on sustaining our overhead reconnaissance capability because it...
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areas by installing security gates at elementary and intermediate schools to create a safer learning environment. the new exterior fences define school boundaries making the schools safer for students. entourier gates were replaced, providing the ability to lock off specific areas of the schools during emergencies. again, it's common sense but when these schools were built, madam president, no one thought about this. everything was open. like the capitol, when i came here, i'm dating myself, a long time ago, you could go anywhere. no metal detectors, no fences. walk up the steps to the capitol we have lost a lot of that freedom and our world is now to balance our freedom and the greatest country in the world with security. and that's what we're trying to do with this. in minnesota, we saw grants used to conduct security assessments and institute safety training classes. in palmer high school in colorado they implemented lockdown and evacuation procedures, doubled the number of doors operated by security cards so it reduced the number of outside individuals gaining building entry. it makes it har
areas by installing security gates at elementary and intermediate schools to create a safer learning environment. the new exterior fences define school boundaries making the schools safer for students. entourier gates were replaced, providing the ability to lock off specific areas of the schools during emergencies. again, it's common sense but when these schools were built, madam president, no one thought about this. everything was open. like the capitol, when i came here, i'm dating myself, a...
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and protect the health and environment that i'm in panic because the mining will destroy our clean air and clean water part of the problem is the process used to extract and purify gold and other metals which critics say will lead contamination by cyanide and other chemicals this method. results in getting the metals from being off. all of that my thoughts the majority of them and live in there with a lot of that is it to us as we travel up into the hills where forest has already been where the mining company security trails us and persuades them i mean supper last october that you do that with security and locals are you arguing that this is a checkpoint they don't want us to film we want to pass honest public roads but i don't this show was about the mission to between the locals and a mining company or something good. tensions indeed the locals have destroyed some of the companies heavy machinery and ransacked the police station police have raided homes in the middle of the night to arrest suspects and fired tear gas at protesters. but there is much support the elder brother here is
and protect the health and environment that i'm in panic because the mining will destroy our clean air and clean water part of the problem is the process used to extract and purify gold and other metals which critics say will lead contamination by cyanide and other chemicals this method. results in getting the metals from being off. all of that my thoughts the majority of them and live in there with a lot of that is it to us as we travel up into the hills where forest has already been where the...
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you know, in an incident like this what impact that could have on the environment, people in the area, that sort of thing. >> scott, real quick, i know when you were talking to what you believe is the owner's son there, he said we simply don't know what happened. obviously, about the blast they have no idea what happened. but did he give you any indication at all why firefighters were there in the first place? because obviously there had been a fire there burning for some time. >> he did not seem to know the details on that. he just indicated that he knew that firefighters had responded, you know, there to the plant for some reason. and as far as he knew, they were the only people who would have been in there at the time that the explosion happened. >> i'm just curious, shock, did he seem shaken or upset at this point? >> he did. there was certainly an urgency to his voice, brian. i would say that. >> scott friedman, our investigative reporter, already on the case tonight. scott, i know you'll be working this tomorrow. thanks for your help tonight. we appreciate it. >> all right. as w
you know, in an incident like this what impact that could have on the environment, people in the area, that sort of thing. >> scott, real quick, i know when you were talking to what you believe is the owner's son there, he said we simply don't know what happened. obviously, about the blast they have no idea what happened. but did he give you any indication at all why firefighters were there in the first place? because obviously there had been a fire there burning for some time. >>...
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obviously, keeping the environment chemicals down out of the environment filtering if you will with the rain. >> officials on the ground said they remain optimistic and still in search and rescue mode. going building to building to find survivors. large slots of a neighborhood decimated by the explosion last night. >> developing news of san francisco as we continue to look at what happened earlier this morning where there was this package found near lottas just before commemoration of the 1906 earthquake. will tran as a store for san francisco. >> they still have the 1906 earthquake commemoration but not the usual place. at lottas fountain here's why. at 315 in the morning the bomb squad arrived because someone called in after noticing a suspicious package that police came down, obviously thinking about what happened in boston they set out of mothballs and robots. they went to an area across the street from lotd fttas thousand. they discovered that someone wearing dark clothing had left a bag. the or unable to find the suspect. our route for 30- 5:00 a.m. the morning because of so many
obviously, keeping the environment chemicals down out of the environment filtering if you will with the rain. >> officials on the ground said they remain optimistic and still in search and rescue mode. going building to building to find survivors. large slots of a neighborhood decimated by the explosion last night. >> developing news of san francisco as we continue to look at what happened earlier this morning where there was this package found near lottas just before commemoration...
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revenue environment. not every balance sheet is going to execute equally in this environment. you've got some opportunities for -- >> what it means is the fed is going to stay the course on quantitative easing, basically. >> i think that is very clear. >> greg, tell us about this new study you're out with today. >> we found three in four americans say they are not more inclined to invest in the stock market now given the fact that interest rates are at record lows and the stock market's recently hit highs. that's the same as we found a year ago. now, a year ago, you know, in the past year interest rates have come down further. the market's gone up more. yet people are not swaying. >> what's their big fear? that they've missed it already? they're afraid it's too high? they're going to pick moment? is there too many risk? what's the big fear? >> some of each. quite frankly the memories of 2008 are very fresh. a lot of people, 2008 wasn't the first time they'd been burned. they got burned in the tech bust. b
revenue environment. not every balance sheet is going to execute equally in this environment. you've got some opportunities for -- >> what it means is the fed is going to stay the course on quantitative easing, basically. >> i think that is very clear. >> greg, tell us about this new study you're out with today. >> we found three in four americans say they are not more inclined to invest in the stock market now given the fact that interest rates are at record lows and...
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implementing security measures both seen and unseen at airports, transit hubs, within the maritime environment. the coast guard is providing security on the ferries in the boston area. viper teams are doing surges in terms of ground transportation and the like. >> the head of the house homeland security committee saying the fbi has a serial number from the pressure cooker that is one of the explosive devices and there are trace chemicals in the powder he says can be traced by investigators to a manufacturer. the same applies to the ball bearings. on the hill a short time ago the attorney general sag no resource is being spared in the investigation. >> i want to assure you, the citizens of boston and all americans, we're working tirelessly to determine who was responsible for this incident. to the -- i have directed the full resources of the department be deployed to make sure this matter was thundershowerly investigated to prevent any future attacks occurring. >> we are hearing about this press conference, katherine, from the fbi. it will be, if it happens, the first in 48 hours two full days.
implementing security measures both seen and unseen at airports, transit hubs, within the maritime environment. the coast guard is providing security on the ferries in the boston area. viper teams are doing surges in terms of ground transportation and the like. >> the head of the house homeland security committee saying the fbi has a serial number from the pressure cooker that is one of the explosive devices and there are trace chemicals in the powder he says can be traced by...
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sometimes not just that, maybe the environment, but that would be a second step after you have someone in custody. the focus of the investigation changes from trying to identify a suspect or a location to actually looking to see if there's material which connects that particular item, in this case a knapsack, to an individual, with their clothing through fibers, or the environment with various dust particles there, whether it's pollen grains that put them in a particular location, the minerals that are present, or even chemicals from bomb-making. all these little particles stick around. what makes trace evidence so valuable is the fact that you can't see it, you're not aware of it, and there's almost no way to protect against it. >> greta: skip, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> greta: well, the pictures, the bags, the fibers and bombs, they are all giant potential clues. right now investigators are rebuilding the bombs from fragments. some are very small. the circuit board could also provide more information. kevin miles join us. kevin, why is the circuit board of any value in an inves
sometimes not just that, maybe the environment, but that would be a second step after you have someone in custody. the focus of the investigation changes from trying to identify a suspect or a location to actually looking to see if there's material which connects that particular item, in this case a knapsack, to an individual, with their clothing through fibers, or the environment with various dust particles there, whether it's pollen grains that put them in a particular location, the minerals...
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we have to show that our environment is conducive to business and that we have the obvious workforce." perry's appearance follows a week-long series of radio and print ads in chicago costing $80,000 and paid for by a texas marketing group promoting texas as a better place for business than illinois. "the private sector gets to keep more of its money, and that's what makes the quality of life a draw for biotech companies." perry is hardly the only suitor trying to catch biotech's eye. in fact, nearly every state and a lot of countries have set up booths at the convention. as an industry, biotech is bouncing back. twelve biotechs went public last year. the head of one of them, san diego-based regulus therapeutics, predicts as many as 20 may go public this year on the calculated risk for a payoff with fda approval. "it is a very big reward if you bring your drug to market." more reason for investors to take a look at bio-tech: many analysts report a shift that's happening at the fda toward fast-tracking some drug development. one of them announced this week by another recent biotech ipo,
we have to show that our environment is conducive to business and that we have the obvious workforce." perry's appearance follows a week-long series of radio and print ads in chicago costing $80,000 and paid for by a texas marketing group promoting texas as a better place for business than illinois. "the private sector gets to keep more of its money, and that's what makes the quality of life a draw for biotech companies." perry is hardly the only suitor trying to catch biotech's...
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so what qualifies as a company that can do no wrong in this environment? a couple of things. first, a company makes something with declining raw costs that it charges more for than it used to, and people have to pay that higher price because they have no alternative. and that's pretty much everything that sells at a supermarket or drugstore these days. think about it. what's the raw cost of a drug? virtually nothing. and what can they charge? virtually anything, as we see pretty much nightly these days on "mad money" when we have these execs on that talk about the huge prices they're charging. do you think celgene can't raise the price of revlimid, its breakthrough cancer drug? are you worried regeneron can't raise the price of eylea, an injectable medicine that can make you see again and requires fewer shots in the eye than the competition? i'm not that concerned. how about the toiletries? let's take head & shoulders, the terrific shampoo, not the terrifying chart pattern. the plastic bottle costs less than it used to because of the low price of natural gas courtesy of the r
so what qualifies as a company that can do no wrong in this environment? a couple of things. first, a company makes something with declining raw costs that it charges more for than it used to, and people have to pay that higher price because they have no alternative. and that's pretty much everything that sells at a supermarket or drugstore these days. think about it. what's the raw cost of a drug? virtually nothing. and what can they charge? virtually anything, as we see pretty much nightly...
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. >> bay area communities are joining others to celebrate earth day by giving the environment a little tlc. they worked on cleanup and restoration projects and great day to take the family to pacific beach. work parties and community volunteers checking it out could be seen working in golden gate park and cleaning up lake merritt in oakland. >> the dmv wants your input now how to regulate driverless cars. google has been testing the cars for years. state regulators need to determine several things. for instance, who would be at fault in a crash, the driver or the manufacturer. same question with failure to stop at a stop sign, failing to recognized stopped traffic because of bad weather or getting off a freeway ramp too fast. i think all the drivers would be pointing at the car. >> you mentioned folks cleaning up. it was fabulous out there. 70s and 80s. as we work our way into monday and tuesday, we're talking about temperatures especially inland climbing close to 90 degrees. yes, get ready for a nice little mini heat wave in store for the bay area. hi, there, live doppler not picking
. >> bay area communities are joining others to celebrate earth day by giving the environment a little tlc. they worked on cleanup and restoration projects and great day to take the family to pacific beach. work parties and community volunteers checking it out could be seen working in golden gate park and cleaning up lake merritt in oakland. >> the dmv wants your input now how to regulate driverless cars. google has been testing the cars for years. state regulators need to determine...
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that natural parental instinct to get your loved ones out of that kind of hostile environment. and quite frankly, we were wrong. and to a devastating end, we were wrong. >> when you see a tank coming through your front door and shooting gas at you, you don't think there's going to be a very good response for you if you exit through the hole it just made. the tanks would be coming up to the building, and then you'd hear like glass crashing. little ferret rounds. you could hear the gas seep out from the rounds. >> we are continuing to introduce tear gas into the building. >> people were crying. some people were protesting. nothing you can really do. everyone was scared. and then i heard someone say there was a fire. and i literally just saw a wall of flame in front of me. i got as low to the floor as i could. and i could feel like a warm spot on the side of my face and all the hair was singing off. i looked up and the window was broken and i just instinctively went out the hole at that point. it's funny, my recollection is it's better to be shot than burned to death. >> we are se
that natural parental instinct to get your loved ones out of that kind of hostile environment. and quite frankly, we were wrong. and to a devastating end, we were wrong. >> when you see a tank coming through your front door and shooting gas at you, you don't think there's going to be a very good response for you if you exit through the hole it just made. the tanks would be coming up to the building, and then you'd hear like glass crashing. little ferret rounds. you could hear the gas seep...
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the city knew the environment was being impacted drastically. they realize this is a short- term solution but are working on funding more programs and more affordable house. >> we live in a beautiful community. the weather is very nice. encampments will always be at some level. >> reporter: outreach reporters have been trying to build a rapport for those at this site. so far 200 have joined programs. others have refused. >> i don't like them. i just don't like them at all. >> reporter: the cleanup will cost roughly $100,000. the city will pay half of that, the water district will pay the other half of that. back out here live, the city plans on putting up roadblocks here to prevent the homeless from using their vehicles to go down to the creek. they also plan on using private security to patrol the area. reporting live from janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> there are several new developments this noontime one week after the boston marathon bombings. brian flores is live in the newsroom with the charges of lone surviving suspect faces a
the city knew the environment was being impacted drastically. they realize this is a short- term solution but are working on funding more programs and more affordable house. >> we live in a beautiful community. the weather is very nice. encampments will always be at some level. >> reporter: outreach reporters have been trying to build a rapport for those at this site. so far 200 have joined programs. others have refused. >> i don't like them. i just don't like them at all....
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oil spill in two thousand and ten eleven workers on that rig died and there was the environment. consequences everything the upper big branch mine explosion over thirty people died and that now we have this explosion in west texas in which who knows what the death toll will be at the end here. when will we didn't see much out of the b.p. oil spill or anything we didn't see much out of the the upper big branch mine explosion or anything and given that this happened last week while the entire nation in the world was focused on boston you know it's tough to see if anything will happen out of this i mean how many how much how often are these things going to have to happen before our legislators come to the table and actually say we have major problems with our regulatory infrastructure. well this problem reflects the larger issue of money in politics right now we have a money driven system where it's not news events it's not science it's not academics or it's safety inspectors who are driving policy it's really just the lobbyists and the special interests that have the money to influ
oil spill in two thousand and ten eleven workers on that rig died and there was the environment. consequences everything the upper big branch mine explosion over thirty people died and that now we have this explosion in west texas in which who knows what the death toll will be at the end here. when will we didn't see much out of the b.p. oil spill or anything we didn't see much out of the the upper big branch mine explosion or anything and given that this happened last week while the entire...